Lecture 15:
Chip, QA & Recap

Reading Week next week

Lecture
Week 15
Author

Dr. Gordon Wright

Published

February 5, 2024

A number of topics to cover today

With the goal of clearing the decks before Reading Week

  • Thank you to everyone who contributed so wonderfully on Thursday

  • Review existing materials available to you for the Mini-Dissertation

  • Labs tomorrow will be focused on finalising data collection and a data audit

  • CHIP topics

Thank you

I was really pleased to see you all contribute to Thursday and the First Years are all very grateful

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Some of you might have noticed that there was an extra option available to the First Years…

Results will be announced in the last lecture!

I just want to recap the materials available on the VLE

Mini-Dissertation Writing Guides

Mini-Dissertation Resources

Data Analysis

Remember, PS52005C Design & Analysis is where you are taught ANOVA

Labs tomorrow

I ask for your help

  • I shall be circulating performing a data sudit

  • So please turn up if you can

  • Be ready to give me a status on your data collection efforts and plans for stopping

  • We will decide if I need to fabricate data for you

  • Please put a message on Whatsapp

Now let’s quickly discuss CHIP

CHIP Assignment(s)

  • Coursework piece designed to allow you to engage reflexively with the ‘big picture’ of your degree

  • Think about how these issues link into psychology as a discipline, and how they relate to your own thoughts about what psychology is or should be

  • Two ‘reflective accounts’ of max 600 words each (Not including obligatory reference list)

  • Marks are awarded for reflection, evidence of learning and bring topics together. Please see marking criteria for both accounts.

  • Not looking for a restatement of the facts in the lectures etc.

  • They are designed to be personal and reflective – embrace this aspect!

Reflective Account 1

Essay 1 is based on the content of ONE of the topics and should adopt at least two of the following 6 ‘perspectives’.

  • As a STUDENT of psychology

  • As a TRAINEE psychologist

  • In relation to a RESEARCH application in your future

  • As an HISTORIAN of psychology

  • Reporting on the culture or PRACTICE of psychology as it currently exists here or across cultures

  • As a critic or supporter of psychology’s status as a SCIENCE

Reflective Account 1 tips

  • Ask a specific question – and answer it.
  • Intro, body, conclusion structure.
  • Reflect on the topic and give your own opinion as to the answer!
  • Present a journey in your learning or appreciation of the topic
  • Ensure your answer is argued using examples
  • Use evidence in your argument from a range of sources, ideally do some strategic wider reading
  • Present and reference it well

Reflective Account 2

Essay 2 should focus on at least one of the OTHER topics covered in the course.

  • This answer should focus on a primary reading and then any further reading you have done (strongly encouraged).
  • You must identify that primary reading explicitly in the essay itself.
  • You should not simply restate what the authors thought or found, but rather briefly summarise and build
  • Think about your perspective on the issues.
  • What do you think about this debate or issue? We want to know!
  • And what do you think are interesting directions for psychologists to take this debate or issue in the future?

Reflective Account 2 tips

  • Explicitly identify a single initial reading and build upon that.
  • Discuss a debate or issue that you think is interesting or important
  • Give your own opinion and how this has developed or changed as a result of the lecture, the course more widely, and/or the reading.
  • Argue your opinion explicitly, own it and back it up with examples
  • Use evidence in your argument from a range of sources, ideally do some strategic wider reading
  • Present and reference it well

Overlapping content

  • You can combine across different topics in Essay 2 (e.g., you could talk about Evolution and Consciousness, or Inclusivity and Science), and thinking about links between topics is strongly encouraged.
  • However, the material covered in Essay 2 must be different from Essay 1. Students will be penalised for covering identical topics.

Details

  • Due: Friday, 12 April 2024, 12:00 Noon - about 3 weeks after the end of term

  • n.b. Mini-Dissertation Due: Friday, 22 March 2024, 12:00 Noon

  • Both answers should be written in essay-style prose (e.g., with APA references where you refer to sources) put in a single document and submitted to the coursework submission page.

  • Max 600 words per answer (references not included in word count)

  • Remember that this only accounts for a smaller portion of the module grade (15%). Should hopefully be an enjoyable way to reflect on issues on the course you found interesting.

Is this a CHIP-able topic?

Any Questions?